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Trade route Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE · 250 years

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Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Robben Island

1658 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Kanem–Bornu Wars

700 CE – 1846 CE

Landmark · Africa

Sofala

900 CE – 1600 CE

Polity · Africa

Sierra Leone

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars

1100 CE – 1629 CE

Landmark · Africa

Gedi Ruins

1100 CE – 1600 CE

Polity · Africa

Burundi

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1600 CE and 1850 CE.

1684 CE Rozvi Empire Wars 1801 CE First Barbary War 1804 CE Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate 1815 CE Mfecane (The Crushing) 1816 CE Rise of the Zulu Kingdom (Mfecane) 1824 CE Anglo-Ashanti Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Venice–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 800 CE – 1600 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Elizabeth I Figure · England 1533 CE – 1603 CE Butrint Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1800 CE
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